Jonathan Kent
1) 01:49
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English
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From Jonathan Kent, author of 'The Shael Chronicles' and the bestselling short story 'The Waiting Room', comes the new chilling short story- '01:49'Have you ever seen signs in everyday things? Do you think these signs are telling you something, but you've no idea what? If so, then welcome to '01:49'After waking up at exactly 01:49 in the morning, Tom Harper has a very strange day. He is being continuously plagued by the numbers 1, 4 and 9 that keep...
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English
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The Waiting Room: A metaphysical thriller The Waiting Room is a chilling short story from Author Jonathan Kent. With no knowledge of how he got there, all Gary can do is follow the crowd and shuffle forward towards his allocated serving hatch. The only person that is paying him any attention is an annoying Scottish man in the next queue. A man that seems to know more than he is letting on.
As fragments of memory return, he is swept along by the crowd...
3) Delivery Man
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English
Description
In the space of four months, Robert Townsend lost his wife, his kids, his job and his house. When a bleary clarity finally returned, he knew he had to try and put the remains of his life back together. Taking up a position as a 'Delivery Assistant' in a local supermarket should have been just the tonic he needed to start the road to recovery, but what he hadn't accounted for was the sadistic boss he found himself working for. As the personal conflict...
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English
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In this representative volume, "The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories" the reader will find twenty-four of Mark Twain's best shorter works. Classic and unforgettable tales that span the author's career are included, such as "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", which is Twain's most famous short story and was his first great success as an author. It is the unforgettable tale of Jim Smiley, the gambler who will bet on anything including...
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English
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"The Island of Doctor Moreau is the account of Edward Prendick, an English gentleman who finds himself shipwrecked and an unwelcomed guest on the Pacific island of one Doctor Moreau. There, Prendick discovers Moreau is performing horrific experiments, using vivisection to craft animals into human beings"--
6) White Fang
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Language
English
Description
Five wolf pups are born, but only one survives. The lone pup and its mother must fend for themselves when the pup's father is killed by a lynx. Later, the pair is discovered by Native Americans. Grey Beaver, who recognizes the she-wolf as his late brother's wolfdog, adopts the pup and names him 'White Fang.' Targeted by the other pups in the Native American camp before being sold to a dog fighter, White Fang grows to be fierce, distrustful, and morose....
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English
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"Many of these fables are so well known they have given us everyday phrases such as "sour grapes" and "dog in the manger." but even the rarer ones seem familiar, because their simple morals reflect all aspects of human nature. From the tortoise and the hare to the mouse and the lion, the timeless wisdom and wit of Aesop's fables are as entertaining as ever"--Cover verso.
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2001]
Language
English
Description
A satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry. The King of Navarre and three of his lords vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women. But when the Princess of France arrives with her three ladies, the men break their vow and fall in love with them.
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Language
Italiano
Description
"Few operas have surpassed Manon Lescaut in the depiction of the urgency of young love. The French tale of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury... Puccini made the story his own and infused it with a new level of frank emotion and a flood of melody"--Metropolitan Opera website.
12) Talking heads
Series
Publisher
London Theatre Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
New versions of Alan Bennett's much loved monologues, with some of the best known British performers of their time. Filmed during lockdown under social distancing guidelines.
13) Don Giovanni
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Series
Language
Italiano
Description
The story of Don Giovanni centers around a young nobleman who is obsessed with amorous conquests and his encounters with Donna Anna, who seeks revenge for her father's murder.
